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SUMMARY:Honoray lecture Prof. Dominique Foray
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CATEGORIES:Inaugural lectures - Honorary Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dominique Foray\nDate: 4 December 2024\nTime: 17h15-18h3
 0\, followed by an apéritif\n\n	Introduction by Prof. Rüdiger Fahlenbrac
 h\, Director of the College of Management of Technology\n	Lecture by Prof.
  Dominique Foray\n	Discussion with Prof. Suerie Moon\, Geneva Graduate Ins
 titute\n	Acknowledgements by Prof. Daniel Kuhn\, Director of the Institute
  of Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship\n	Conclusion by Michaël
  Thémans\, Director of the Development office\, EPFL Direction\n\nRoom: S
 V1717\n\nFor those out of town\, the event can also be followed online.\nF
 or organizational purposes\, please mention when you register if you'll be
  attending in person or per zoom.\n\n"Good Innovation Economics for Hard T
 imes"\nThe innovation economy of the 20th century was admirable. It trigge
 red a spectacular improvement in daily life conditions and sustained an in
 credible growth of standards of living in the West and beyond. But this in
 novation economy was also disappointing. It has produced four big problems
  –  climate and biodiversity crisis\,  inequalities\, declining capaci
 ty of our economies to create ‘’good jobs’’ and poor regulation of
  ‘’bad innovations’’. A new innovation economy is needed to get a 
 better control on innovation by society. However\, previous successes were
  partly based on some key institutions and values such as freedom to exper
 iment and autonomy of innovators vis-à vis governments. How to solve this
  tension between freedom and control ? How to create a new innovation eco
 nomy which will keep some of the ingredients which are so important to sus
 tain economic dynamism while developing new policy instruments to orient i
 nnovation towards the grand societal challenges and their solutions?\n\nBi
 o Dominique Foray:\nAfter an early career in France (CNRS\, Ecole Centrale
 ) and at OECD\, Prof. Dominique Foray joined EPFL in 2004 as a full profes
 sor\, holding the Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation until hi
 s retirement in 2022. During his tenure\, he served as dean of the College
  of Management of Technology from 2018 to 2022\, and as director of the do
 ctoral school in Management of Technology from 2012 until 2018.\nHe previo
 usly served as a member of the Swiss National Research Council (2007-2015)
  and as chairman of the Advisory Board of the Swiss Economic Research Inst
 itute (KOF) (2016 – 2020). Between 2008 and 2011\, he chaired the expert
  group “Knowledge for Growth” for the European Commission\, developing
  the concept of smart specialization which is now a key instrument of the 
 EU cohesion policy. He also served on the Expert Commission for Research a
 nd Innovation of Germany (2013-2016).\nHis research interests cover essent
 ially innovation economics and policy. He has published many academic arti
 cles and numerous books. For example: ‘’Technology and the Wealth of N
 ations” with C. Freeman (Pinter)\; ‘’Advancing Knowledge and the Kno
 wledge Economy’’ with B. Kahin (MIT Press)\; ‘’The Economics of Kn
 owledge’’ (MIT Press)\; ‘’The New Economics of Technology Policy 
 ‘’ (Edward Elgar) and “Smart Specialization: Opportunities and Chall
 enges for Regional Innovation Policy’’ (Routledge).\nHe received the M
 edal of CNRS in 2000 and is Doctor Honoris Causa of the University Babes-B
 olyai.\nProf. Foray is a member of the Swiss Council for Science (SWR) and
  is still teaching at EPFL (Bachelor and doctoral courses).\n\n\n 
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